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When Hewlett Packard was founded
Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in 1939. -
When the IBM model 650 was released
The IBF model 650 magnetic drum processing machine began development in the late-1940s -
When the integrated circuit was invented
The first integrated circuit was developed in the 1950s by Jack Kilby of Texas Intruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor. -
When the first commercially available electronic digital computer was available
The first commercially avaliable electronic digital computer was the ferranti mark I, an english computer released in february 1951. -
When FORTRAN programming was invented
FORTRAN (formula translation) invented by John Backus for IMB was the first programming language in 1954 and was released commercially in 1957. -
When COBOL was invented
COBOL was the first operating system that used letters instead of numbers it was made in 1960. -
When the World Wide Web was invented
In the 1960, Ted Nelson popularized the hypertext concept, and Douglas Engelbart created the first working hypertext systems. In the 1980, the Web itself was invented by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau in Europe, and then rapidly spread around the world over the Internet in the 1990 by Marc Andreessen and the NCSA team that developed the Mosaic and Netscape browsers. -
When BASIC programming language was invented
1965 BASIC (Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) developed at Dartmouth College, USA, by Thomas E. Kurtz and John Kemeny. Not implemented on microcomputers until 1975. It is often used in education to teach programming, and also at home by beginners. -
When the first magnetic disk was used for storage
In 1971, IBM introduced the first "memory disk", as it was called then, or the "floppy disk" as it is known today. -
When the first mini-computer was produced
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When the first Apple computer was built
April fools day, 1976. The Apple I was the first with a single circuit board used in a computer. -
The development of
An acronym for Disk Operating System, in a general sense, DOS refers to just about any operating system. More commonly, it describes the operating system Microsoft developed in 1981 for IBM's line of personal computers. -
When Compaq was founded
Compaq Computer Corporation was founded in February 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto -
When Lotus 1-2-3 was produced
January 26, 1983. -
When Microsoft releases Windows
On November 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Microsoft Corporation formally announced Microsoft Windows, a next-generation operating system that would provide a graphical user interface (GUI) and a multitasking environment for IBM computers. -
When the first laser jet printer was announced
In 1984 the first jet laser printer was announced. -
When Microsoft Office was introduced
Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91% of the market share of the c -
When the world went wireless
In 1991 Wi-Fi was invented by NCR Corporation in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. -
When the first electronic digital computer designed and built
In 1822 the difference engine (the first mechanical computer) was developed by Charles Babbage and was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making a hard copied of the results. But because of funding he was not able to complete a full-scale functional version. In June 1991 however, the London science museum completed the difference engine no 2 for the bicentennial year of Babbage’s birth then completed the printing mechanism in 2000. -
When Java was launched
On January 23rd 1996 Java was official released to the web. The Java Web Start software allows you to download and run Java applications from the web. -
When was the fear of the Y2K bug
1999- millions of people had fears of technology taking over in 2000. 2000- It was a false alarm and nothing happened. -
When the Intel Pentium 4 was unveiled
The pentium 4 was unveiled in 2000 -
When Microsoft XP was released
Microsoft released windows XP on the 31december 2001
